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Poll: Are you a Nerd?  [closed]
Yes, yes I am and everyone knows it!:  40%
(16 Votes)
Yes, but it's a secret. Shhh!:  22%
(9 Votes)
No, but everyone else thinks I am:  12%
(5 Votes)
No, I'm not even considered to be one:  25%
(10 Votes)
Total Votes: 40

I was just wondering how everybody else deals with the whole nerd thing? I've been labelled a nerd at school since way back when, just because I have half a brain and enjoy reading and playing computer games. I don't like being called a nerd and I wouldn't consider myself one except for when I had this nice little definition handed to me.

A Geek thinks he knows stuff, a Nerd knows the all the stuff and more.

I know a fairly broad range of things, and those things I know LOTS about. So by this I guess I must be a nerd, But I think it's far too harsh a branding...

Now to you guys...

--Tristan wonders if a thread like this is a good idea, or just somebody's excuse to flame me. Tristan shakes his head in dismay, but pushes Submit hoping the world is kind. ;-)

  • 08.22.2004 4:53 AM PDT

--Tristan wonders if a thread like this is a good idea, or just somebody's excuse to flame me. Tristan shakes his head in dismay, but pushes Submit hoping the world is kind. ;-)

There's nothing wrong with this thread. No biggie. You don't have to worry about it.

Ok, to the point. Everyone here is a nerd- you are posting on a video game forum for goodness sake. However much you try to hide it, you are still the same thing. Mods in particular. I'm not naming any names. ;-)

  • 08.22.2004 8:15 AM PDT
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If you are called a nerd for knowing things and just generally being intelligent, then that's kinda stupid. See, people did that to me too. Untill a while ago, that is.

It was a dark and rainy day. I slogged in through the front entrance of school, my face deep beneath my jacket. I was in a foul mood. The dark and vicious stares I gave were enough to scare anybody away, and I trudged on to my locker. Stowing my jacket, and taking out my books and backpack, I headed to my first class, Science. Exchanging a couple of words with some "friends", I sat down, as last weeks test was being handed out. As usual, I got a high ninety. The jackass beside me had a 43. Glancing at my score, he exclaimed in a barely audible voice, "Holy -blam!-! Look at this nerd! He got 98%!" Although I was in a horrible mood, and my patience was already stretched thin, I managed to hold myself in.

Some dumbass exchanged a joke with his friend, and Neanderthal laughs echoed around my head. These guys are like cavemen, I thought to myself. They could barely even speak English, or think logically, and I bet they would function better using a series of grunts. Their bouts of laughter continued around in my head. I had had enough of this -blam!-. But I thought better of it, and decided to stay calm. The usual remarks about me studying all day came around. Like every other time, I tried to inform them, that no, I didn't study for this test. It just so happens that I have a better capacity for thinking and common sense then most others. I find school easy. I usually don't even have to go to class, I can pass tests by first hand knowledge and logical thinking.

Suddenly, something clicked. I couldn't stop myself, my rage was being unleashed. I threw the pen I was holding with all my might at the moron who had made a stupid remark diagonally across from me. With insane velocity, the pen embedded itself in his stomach, piercing through his skin and tissues. Finally stopping, about 8 centimeters inside, his yellow sweater started turning a dark red. I took the nearest thing within my grasp, and hurled it at the moron's friend. Exploding through the skull, the only thing stopping it was the handle, which was embedded out of his forehead. All this happened like lightning, and no one could react, as of yet. Now the screams started ripping loose from the throats of girls and guys alike. Quickly jumping of my stool, I grasped it in both hands, and brought the stool down full power on the jackass's head beside me. Smashing his cranium to one thousand pieces, blood, brain, and bone fragments flew everywhere. I liked no one, as my "friends" had joined the fun making session. I vaulted to the shelves at the back of the room, and chucked the bottle full of flammable liqued into the middle of the room. Only one kid had the sense to run out of the room as I set the whole thing on fire. The rest tried to follow, but it was too late. I leaped out of the window, and started running.

The adrenaline had long kicked in, and I felt... alive, as I hustled home. I threw open the front door, and strode inside. Quickly locking everything, I headed for the kitchen. I make some nice hot chocolate for myself, and then proceeded upstairs. The power button on the TV was no match for my strength. The Xbox followed suite, and before I knew it, I was ripping through aliens like hotcakes.


[Edited on 8/27/2004 1:33:21 PM]

  • 08.22.2004 8:19 AM PDT
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at first i wondered why i even came to this forum. but because of u stickman, i have not wasted my time. & by the way, im not a nerd but i think youre cool anyway.

  • 08.22.2004 8:35 AM PDT
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i said No, but everyone else thinks I am

  • 08.22.2004 8:45 AM PDT
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yes im a nerd for gods sake i have a t-shirt that sais it but for some un known reason evryone like me *confused* i still dont know why

  • 08.22.2004 9:02 AM PDT
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By the way, people say I have problems, too. Before I go on a rampage again, I would like to know why. You see, once they're dead, it's tough to get information out of them. I tried. Do you guys think I have problems?

  • 08.22.2004 9:10 AM PDT
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no... well... yes... but not... well... u have a lot of problems...

  • 08.22.2004 9:14 AM PDT
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Hi everybody, my name is Simen... And I am a...Nerd...

  • 08.22.2004 10:31 AM PDT
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this could be like NA nerds anonimous meeting

  • 08.22.2004 10:35 AM PDT
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(Walks to front of class)....Uhhhh...hi, my names alfonzocheif and I'm a nerd...

  • 08.22.2004 10:37 AM PDT
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hello my name is kendoboy i am also a nerd

  • 08.22.2004 10:42 AM PDT
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chicks only want boyfrineds who got great skills! Like num chuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills.
Gosh! Freakin idiot.
So how was ur day Napolean?
The worst day of my life what do u think?!

  • 08.22.2004 10:42 AM PDT
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I'm an undercover nerd. Nobody knows. Ssh.

  • 08.22.2004 1:04 PM PDT
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It's nice to see we all have a nice outlook on our nerdiness :P, except for maybe Devon...

Stickman's post was a bit disturbing... I just wonder whether there was some kind of police investigation into that? Or are the men in white suits just hanging around a bit?

Just Joshin :P Any more nerds about?

--Tristan is amazed at the feedback for his post!

  • 08.23.2004 3:23 AM PDT
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Am I a nerd? Lets see...

I enjoy video games. I have an interest in modern Russian history. I am reasonably intelligent. I dislike sports. =Geek. Nerd.

I wear 'cool' (read as expensive, cheaply made, but look hideously good) clothing. I am popular. I can 'get with the ladies'. =Cool guy.

I have not been called a 'Nerd' or 'Geek' for nearly 2 years. If I was to be called it, I would not be offended AT ALL. I will readily admit I am a nerd, or geek, or whatever. It doesn't matter anymore. When you guys get older, you will find that these wank-faced jocks, or 'cool' people, that bully you, won't be so cool anymore. You will become the popular people. You will be invited to parties, etc etc.

My advice to you now is-accept who you are. Don't try to change yourself just because some ass is giving you hassle because you are intelligent. Things will change. You will become accepted.

'When the locker room is full, the geeks will inherit the earth'. Remeber that one dudes. Remeber that one.

  • 08.23.2004 3:56 AM PDT
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And there we have it folks, it's cool to be nerdy... as strange as that sounds. Theres just too much prejudice with the whole labelling thing, I suggest to just ignore it or take it in your stride. If it doesn't bother you, they tend to give up... and quickly.

-- Tristan is amused, and awaits future nerdy replies.

  • 08.23.2004 4:02 AM PDT
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how often do you refer to yourself in third person (not a flame just wondering) personaly i think its greatly amusing

  • 08.23.2004 5:02 AM PDT
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Garra has stolen the whole third person thing from Anton P Nym... (aka Steve). Garra is a dirty thief!

  • 08.23.2004 5:07 AM PDT
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I'm michael I'm thirteen, i'm the coolest person in my class, i listen to cool music (evereyone else listens to that -blam!- 50 cent), i dress in cheap clothes that look blisteringly good and enjoy reading, computer games, i enjoy some sports, as long as they're done on water.

I'm a nerd....

-elmicker breaks down and cries at this point as he finds the addmittance too overwhelming he decides he can't carry on so he pulls out a ton of plastic explosives from his surprisingly small bag, attaches it to his head and brings down the NA building with the ensuing blast

  • 08.23.2004 5:49 AM PDT
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im not a 'sterotypical' nerd. more like a independant thinker if you will. i have been called many things not just for being intelligent but for being 'different' i used to skate, i was called a skaterfreak! i know *sigh*, i play guitar 'guitar freak'.

the point im trying to make here is, if you enjoy what your doing with yourself, then why bother with people that are trying to bring you down. and its most likely your being called names such as nerd or freak because they are jealos of your admirible talents.

  • 08.23.2004 6:40 AM PDT
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Im a nerd...... and I'm fat...... so that makes me a obese-know-it-all. lol

  • 08.23.2004 6:48 AM PDT
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im just a smart nerd whos good at comp. i -blam!- hate star wars, star trek and anime. South Park RULES

  • 08.23.2004 8:40 AM PDT
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i don't know how it is elsewhere in the world. but in miami, the ladies consider you to be a nerd if you enjoy playing video games. just playing them. pretty harsh.

  • 08.23.2004 9:00 AM PDT

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